Enough is enough. For years, people have been expected to put up with Avanti’s cancellations, delays, overcrowding, and a service that has failed them time and time again. So my Labour government is bringing Avanti West Coast into public ownership at the earliest opportunity in March next year. That means passengers, not shareholders, will come first. More investment, fewer delays, and a renewed focus on getting the basics right. We're putting essential services back in public hands and building a railway that actually works for the people who use it.

🗞️ Tomorrow's Scottish Mail on Sunday front page: Only 22,000 Scots use SNP’s £17m health app #TomorrowsPapersToday #scotpapers 👉 Read more on #MailOnline mailonsunday.com/Scotland

Lucy Powell rebrands the Department for Education “the Department for Hope” “My Department for Hope, this government of hope, will put the children’s hopes at the very heart of everything we do”

I said it in 2020 and I’ll say it again. If you leave a home empty long-term in the middle of a housing crisis, it should be seized. Today’s announcement is great news.

🔴 Health boards were not consulted over John Swinney’s bombshell plans to slash their numbers from 14 to two, as the SNP looked to ‘bulldoze’ them through

Sturgeon would be hopelessly out of her depth. But can you imagine McAllan, Flynn, or Gilruth trying to grapple with these issues? It doesn’t bear thinking about. But voters would think about it. Which is why independence is not inevitable, and certainly not imminent.

A year on from recognising the State of Palestine, we will continue to stand up for what is right.

You wrote a note saying "I am evil, I did this." "I don't deserve to live." "I killed them on purpose." "I am a horrible evil person." Explain why this is to us. "No comment." #innocencefraud

You’ll never guess who Jack Middleton believes is preventing Scot Gov from taking action on drugs deaths.